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JACKSON TAYLOR, OF NEWBERBY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

SiDE-BAR VEHlCLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,516, dated May 13,1884.

Application filed January 25, 1854. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AOKSON TAYLOR, ofNewberry, in the county ofNewberry and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and ImprovedSide-Bar-I/Vagon Spring, of which the following is afull, clear, andexact description.

This invention is an improvement in crosssprings for side-bar wagons;and it consists of two springs combined in one for each end of thewagon, the individual springs being attached at one end to the rockersof the body, respectively, and extended horizontally side by side nearlyto the other rocker, where they are doubled back under said horizontalportion, and extended in a suitable curve to and are connected with theside bars on the same side of the body that the upper ends are connectedto, and so as to be suspended from the side bars, and the horizontalportions of the springs are clamped together in a manner to stay eachother, and so that the spring maybe readily adjusted to adapt it forwider or narrower carriages, all as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved spring, and section of therockers and side bars of the wagon. Fig. 2 is a plan View of a sectionof the spring. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a clamp by which the severalplates of the spring are bound together at the bend. Fig. 4. is a planview of the form of the end of the main plate by which the springs areattached to the rockers. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the spring havinga stii'ieningbar, and a modified form of the clamp for connecting thetwo members of the spring. Fig. 6 is a plan of a section of the springwith the said modified form of clamp, and Fig. 7 is a transverse sectionof Figs. 5 and 6.

To each rocker a of the body I), I connect one end of the main plate 0of a flat leaf-spring consisting of as many plates as desired, saidplates 0 having a T-head, e, for making substantial connection withbolts or rivets f. From the point of connection with the rockers Iextend the spring horizontally nearly to the g, from which I extend saidspring back under the horizontal part beyond the rocker sufficiently tosuspend the end, which has an upward turn, h, from the side bar, i, by ashackle,

j, to which I prefer to connect the spring by plate a and the box-plate0, as in Figs. 5, 6,

the main plate 0 by bolts 19, or clamped with a clip, q, as may bepreferred, and said plates are to be clamped together at the bend g by ayoke, s, and a tightening-bolt, t, for properly staying them theroat. Insome cases I propose to use a stiffening-bar, a, to the horizon talpositions of the spring, said bar being bolted thereon by the bolts m,connecting the clamps l or n o, and by the clips q. The bar a willextend along the springs from rocker to rocker a, but will not beconnected to said rocker. It will be seen that by loosening the bolts mand the clip q, when used, the two members of the spring may be shiftedalong each other, to adjust it for wider or narrower wagons,withoutaltering the position or set of the spring. It will be seen that thebends g of the spring are extended beyond the center of the body fromthe side where the ends of the springs are connected, giving greatlength of range to the springs, which increases the elasticity. If thesprings are to be used on a straight-bottomed body, the plates 0 may beinclined upward a little near the ends attached to the rockers; but ifthe body has a bottom that is raised at the ends, the spring-plates 0will be made straight, as shown in the drawings. The springs are verynearly rigid from the points where they are attached to the rockers towhere they are clamped together, and combine the united strength of thetwo members, thereby obviating all tendency of the spring and bodystriking together along these parts other rocker,wherelformashortreturn-bend, which are close to the body. It will be noand 7. The short plates 0 are to be bolted to ticed that when thesprings are adjusted to fit a narrow carriage-body they are more elasticthan when adjusted for a wide body, there being a greater length ofspring from the point when the two members are clamped together to thebend r than when adjusted for a wide body. If the body is wide, themembers are clamped together nearer said bends, which makes the springmore rigid, by which the spring is not only adjustable in length for anysized body, but is also adapted to the amount of weight it has to carry,supposing a wide body to carry proportionately more weight thana narrowone. Then the bar a is employed, the elasticity of the spring will beless variable by the variations of its length.

Having thus fully described myinvention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The improved crossspring for side-barwagons, consisting of two members attached at one end to the rockers I aof the body, re spectively, extended therefrom toward and nearly to theother rocker and alongside of each other, and being therefrom bentbackward and extended to and connected with the side bar on the sameside of the body that the upper end is connected to, and said membersconnected together at the middle of the upper horizontal portions,substantially as described.

2. A crossspring for side-bar wagons, consisting of two membersconnected, respectively, to the rockers a of the body, and extendednearly across the body and back to and con nected with the side bar ofthe same side of the body that the upper end is connected to,

said members being connected together at the middle of the upperhorizontal portions, and also connected to astiffening-bar, a, arrangedon said upper horizontal portion of said members, substantially asdescribed.

3. The improved cross-spring for side-bar wagons, consisting of the twomembers, bent as at g, and respectively connected to the rocker a, andthe side bar, z, of the same side of the body, and also arranged side byside in the upper part, and connected together thereat by a clampdevice, the said members of the spring and the clamp device beingconstructed and arranged to enable the said members of the spring to beadjusted along each other for lengthening and shortening the spring,substantially as described.

at. A cross-spring for side-bar wagons, consisting of two members, bentas at g, and respectively connected to the rocker a and side bar, 1', ofthe same side of the body, and also arranged side by side, and connectedtogether iu the upper part, the said members having a yoke, s t,clamping the plates of which the said members are composed together atthe said bends g, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the upper parallel parts of the springs c with thetwo H-plates Z, connected outside of and between the springs by thebolts m, substantially as set forth.

JACKSON TAYLOR.

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W. 'I. J AoKsoN, JNO. W. TAYLOR.

